On today’s Your Call Media Roundtable, we’ll get the latest on the wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area from Noah Haggerty, environment, health and science reporter at the Los Angeles Times.

So far, at least 10 people have died, and nearly 180,000 have been ordered to leave their homes around Los Angeles as five fires continue to burn. Officials say, more than 9,000 homes and other structures have been damaged or destroyed in the Palisades and Eaton fires.

Then we discuss a recent expose by Propublica about how UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country. Reporter Annie Waldman, ProPublica health reporter, joins us for the details.

ProPublica has obtained what is effectively the company’s strategic playbook, developed by Optum, the division that manages mental health benefits for United. In internal reports, the company acknowledges that the therapy, called applied behavior analysis, is the “evidence-based gold standard treatment for those with medically necessary needs.”

But the company’s costs have climbed as the number of children diagnosed with autism has ballooned; experts say greater awareness and improved screening have contributed to a fourfold increase in the past two decades — from 1 in 150 to 1 in 36.

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